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The EU-27 Textile and Clothing Industry in the year 2010.

In 2010, the overall size of the Textile & Clothing industry in the EU-27 represents a turnover of 172 billion € and investments of around 5 billion €. Despite the strong impact of the global economic recession the previous year, the 127.000 T&C companies still employ over 1,9 million workers. EU external trade was more dynamic than the previous year with 34 billion € of T&C products exported and 84 billion € imported from Third markets.

(*based on Euratex members data, Eurostat short term statistics and Euratex estimates)